Payne v. Bartlett
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Humphreys county. Hon. S. F. Davis, Judge. Suit by O. 0. Bartlett against John Barton Payne, Director General of Bailroads, Agent of the United States Government. Verdict afid judgment for plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellee, plaintiff below, brought suit in the circuit court of Humphreys county against the Director General-of Bailroads, as Agent of the United States Government. The declaration filed by appellee alleged false imprisonment, assault and abuse,- and wrongful ejection from defendant’s train, and that the acts of the servants of the defendant in so doing were willful, wanton, and malicious* There was a verdict and judgment for two thousand dollars in favor of plaintiff, and from this judgment defendant prosecuted this appeal.
The director general filed a special plea setting up the fact that…
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